The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-02-01
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FOR "IiE YEAR 1897.
1T ORDAINED BY THE INTENDANT
"Ho Ma"hHi'> ct the Town of Abbeviilc,
=: Z in Council assembled, and bv uuthnr;t,
OF the same, That a tax Tor the sum. and i,
ne "'ahh,r .%r,ilIdt or named shall be raised
ana PAD mao the treasury of the Town (,oun-
year 1861. Il
SECTION |. On every ono hundred d,u,r.
III ''c cash value of all real and personal rsE
'"tc whine the Incorporation OF the said Town
III AiDeNlllc the sum Oi iitic I, n cent.
SEC 2. On each billiard md pu,l t.bl, ,r
ten pm ALLEY Kept for hire the sum of rwrn,v.
m\r Dollars on the iir,t table or alley mn,
twenty h'e Dollars for each table or all.v
n'"rt t'Ian one kept by tie sam. owner. On
each bagatrllr table kept for hire thr xnm ~ ~
Fifteen Dollars. ""
sec 5 For each license TO retail sn;rit, -
i,ttln" $ IN the I"wn ct Abbevill. the sum NJ
NV" Hundred Dollars for the year, BEGINNING
mnn u'G nrst aay OF january, 1881, and end
'hS on the t"st day "fJanuary, 1855. In, su;J
sums payable IN three equal instalimruta in
advance, said dealer or dealers To Civ. bond
anu security for payment of SAID sum of mon.
IH.a'a II at anytime during the year the said
whole amount of Two Hundred Dollars sl,aIi
immcdiatelv become due and uayobie ond
anv ,pcrson or persons doing business Tho
whole or my part OF the year SHALL DIV tho
''''S otAh VI lNo IINUlTSU DOlinrS
SEC 4. That Ill male persons b.too., ~,
ages OF sixteen and fifty years. exccnt the
physically unable to earn q support, are labis
10 road duty and shall be required to work
t ,1n me roaus, sidewalks, and streets within
i've days under the direction of the Town
Council The communication Tor said .,ad dr.
ty to be the sum OF Two Dollars to be n.id NJ
Tue .,he "i payment of other taxes, to wit, ON
or before the first day OF March. All nnrsnn.
refusing "r failing /" work five full daxs to 10
accepted and approved b.: the Council or nav
the above communication Shall lie inble IN nos.
SUCH hnc and penalty as the Council NAV I'M.
pose. ""' A"-
SEC. >. That all itincrant auctionaors Md
dlcr,, and other transient ;,crSons, crcrnt
'rhurrS vi farm produce raised ~ the Countr
'heriilE at retail any goods whatsoever for
na'e' shnil pay "A license of not NOR. tbnn
per day. VII"
SIC. q. That all circuscs shall paw a license
"i One Hundred Dollars for each. and .v.rw
exl,oi:'"n; and all other shows, includiny
wnat arc commonly known rs side-sbovs az
'"chcd l." Il circus shall pay "A license OF not
more than Fifty nor less II III Two Dollar, for
each exhibition.
SEC. I. That all returns shall BE- made nm.
= az ON or before the first day Of Febru-
airy, 1887, and all taxes shall be duo and INV.
able IN or before the first day of March. iESS7
! Il any person or persons shall refuse or n.y
lcct payment nt tue taxes herein levied with:n
,He 'il'te sp,tclhcd the Treasury nf the Tow,
C"unc!l Is hereby an horized and r.on;-.J -
aod twenty per cth1"m penalty, aud If tho tiny
with the penalty is not paid WITHIN thirty dayn
thereafter, it shall be the duty ofthe Trensmr,r
OF the Council to issue executing th.rsfo,
immediately and collect the same by dus
process OF law, as provided i'm the charter NJ
said Town of Abbeville
SEC. 3. The Town Council or a quorum
there. shall constitute Il board of n,arss"s
10 nilix the value of property returned for
taxation. wa
SEC; .. lfany person or persons shall refusa
or nsklsct t." make II return of. their property
tor taxation within tho time prescribed her..
in, the return Of last year with twcn, = ~.
ee"tMm added shall be deemed and taken tv
the Treasurer to be the true value Or thar
property for taxation and it shall be- Assessed
ut thatrate. ''eu
Done and Ratified in Council and the seal Of
me iown Council affixed this day Of January.
eighteen hundred and cighty-seven.
~ W. e. MCGOWAN,
Secretary.
Jan. 5, 1887.